#readindies

My final book for #ReadIndies is from a publisher who’s a huge favourite of mine, and I did wonder if I would get it finished in time as it’s a bit of a chunkster! Fortunately, I embarked on reading it at the start of the half term break and after some struggles (which I’ll go into later) I sailed through it; I’ve had this particular volume for a while, but obviously the timing was right! The…

Confingo Publishing is an indie press based in Manchester, and they have an intriguing list of titles on their books. They’ve appeared on the Ramblings before as they issue Dave Haslam’s ‘Art Decades’ series of intriguing, slim volumes and I’ve read three of these so far. However, one of their recent newsletters alerted me to the fact that they also publish another author whose work I’m very fond…

I’m happy to be able to share my thoughts today on a book from a really interesting indie press – Corylus Books. As I mentioned when I reviewed another title they released, “Black Storms“, they specialise in bringing new voices into English, with a specific focus on European crime which might not usually get translated. I very much enjoyed my earlier foray into their fiction and they very kindly…

One indie press which needs no introduction here on the Ramblings is Renard Press. I’ve been a huge fan of their books for years and am happy to support them via monthly subscription. The range of works they release is always impressive, from new works, lost classics, essays and poetry to non-fiction – their books are always interesting as well as being beautifully produced. Renard is a proudly…

One thing I often find about indie presses is that they’re great at picking up books which might have otherwise gone under the radar. Whether a new title or a reprint which didn’t get the attention it deserved, so many works are saved from obscurity by indies. Today’s book is a case in point, as it’s one I would have picked up on its initial release, but it somehow passed me by; now, however,…

It’s entirely appropriate that I should read a Fitzcarraldo book for #readindies, as this event grew out of a previous one, Fitzcarraldo Editions Fortnight, which Lizzy and I co-hosted back in 2020. Both of us had a great love of their releases, and in fact I do still have some unread volumes hidden in Mount TBR. However, today’s book is a new title (published tomorrow), and it’s by an author…

A good number of the indies I follow issue poetry collections, and today I wanted to share a couple of slim volumes released by a press I’ve covered on the Ramblings before – Broken Sleep Books. I’ve previously read three of their titles and found them very varied and really thought-provoking; so I was hoping to find these new books as interesting. Spoiler alert – they really were! Broken Sleep…

One indie press I’m always happy to spend time with is British Library Publishing; as is fairly obvious, I’m a huge fan of their Crime Classics and Women Writers imprints, and so #ReadIndies is the perfect time to pick up one of their books. A recent release sounded particularly interesting, and as it’s by an author I’m pretty sure I’ve not read before, I decided it would be a good one to try…